Talk:The Macallan

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I'm changing the term "vintages" on this page to "expressions", which I believe to be more correct and would recommend throughout the pages dealing with whiskies. BradGad 04:09, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Oak vs. Sherry

The Macallan is matured in oak sherry casks brought to the distillery from Jerez, Spain. Beginning in 2004 Macallan also introduced their Fine Oak series, with the whisky mellowed in oak barrels rather than sherry ones.

This is unclear to me. Sherry is not a kind of wood, and oak is not a type of drink, so the comparison is mixed. user:Shana 24 May 2006

Also, all sherry casks are made of oak... Notinasnaid 14:44, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

The casks are made of oak that has previously housed sherry. The description you quoted is, I believe, taken straight off of the box that the cask strength comes in, and is how I've always seen cask descriptions written. 74.192.40.96 04:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Speyside?

So, I know that MacAllan is made on the banks of the Spey, but they call themselves a Highland. I've seen a few other scotches of the Spey region do this, so I'm not sure if this is just some technicality, but MacAllan definitely has more of a Highland taste than any other Speysides I've had. So perhaps this page should list it as they do on the bottles. 74.192.40.96 04:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)